Recent content by georgipep

Yes, I agree with this. It was weird but absolutely on par for the course for us this season.

He does run the most sprints and high intensity runs from everyone on the pitch, every time this state is made available. Whether it's tactical or not, I'm inclined to say it is. And probably ETH does it because Rashford without the explosive runs behind is not nearly as useful and we can't...

I don't think I've ever watched a non-Manchester United youth game in the last few years :D I could barely go through them as a kid, playing in them:D

You have actually watched youth games of Sochaux? What is your profession?

I suggest you monitor what he reports and compare with what happens.

Sure

Ornstein is a click merchant and is far from reliable. Whitwell is a lot better but has zero sources outside the club.

Rashford has proven rather unable to impact games when faced with a settled defensive unit in front of him, in close proximity to the opposition goal. I am sceptical he can be effective in such a system.

I'm not disagreeing but this is something for preseason training drills. I don't think we can transition to such a game plan mid season under the pressure we are to achieve CL qualification.

What are those players going to do with Rashford and Bruno, who are defaulting to direct play?

Agree about those 3 but that means either no Bruno or him on the right which takes Garnacho away from his most effective position.

Because adding one player who is good at possession-based, non-direct football, will just mess up the balance even more. If Mount, Martinez, Shaw, Mainoo were all available, I think Amrabat would've played more. Who would Amrabat combine with that doesn't immediately go direct after receiving...

In my view, Amrabat's fatal flaw is his lack of speed and agility (similar to Maguire in that sense). As for Ten Hag playing Casemiro, there are two plausible options in my mind: 1) As it was with De Gea, there is a contractual (minimum minutes if fit, etc.) or backroom (will "poison the...

Very serious accusation. I don't believe the manager would play him if there was even a hint of that.

Distance numbers are not available in any of the free data sources I know. I saw them on Sky before our previous game. In the post game studio I think. I agree and we didn't control midfield as defence line couldn't play with the ball. And Rashford never found space in behind. I also think he's...